Test 1 - Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
_________ - A specialized area in psychology dedicated to the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, explain, predict, and change abnormal patterns of functioning.
Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
- A specialized area in psychology dedicated to the _________ study of _________ behavior in an effort to describe, explain, predict, and change abnormal patterns of functioning.
- scientific
- abnormal
Abnormal Psychology
- A specialized area in psychology dedicated to the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to _________ , _________ , _________ , and change abnormal patterns of functioning.
- describe
- explain
- predict
4 Goals of Abnormal Psychology:
Describe
Explain
Predict
Influence/Change
4 Goals of Abnormal Psychology:
-Describe:
-stating what is happening
4 Goals of Abnormal Psychology:
-Explain:
-State why is it happening
4 Goals of Abnormal Psychology:
-Predict
-State when you think you’ll see behavior again - Speculate about the onset and developmental patterns of the particular disorder
4 Goals of Abnormal Psychology:
-Influence/Change
- change the abnormal patterns of behavior
_________ —
behavior is unusual or rare.
Deviance
Deviance—
behavior is _________ or rare.
unusual
_________ —
behavior causes personal or social suffering.
Distressful
Distressful—
behavior that causes _________ or social _________ .
- personal
- suffering
_________ —
behavior impairs or inhibits adaptive (Daily) functioning.
Dysfunctional
Dysfunctional—
behavior that _________ or inhibits _________ (Daily) functioning.
- impairs
- adaptive
_________ —
behavior poses a threat to self or others. (immediate threat)
Dangerous
Dangerous—
behavior that poses a _________ to self or _________ . (immediate threat)
- threat
- others
_________ —
perceptual distortions or alterations that may interfere with the ability to accurately interpret reality, resulting in:
Hallucinations
Delusions
Distorted Perception(irrationality)
Distorted Perception(irrationality)—
perceptual distortions or _________ that may interfere with the ability to accurately interpret _________ , resulting in:
Hallucinations
Delusions
- alterations
- reality
Everything that is _________ is deviant, but not everything that is _________ is abnormal.
- abnormal
- deviant
Everything that is abnormal is _________ , but not everything that is deviant is _________ .
- deviant
- abnormal
_________ - PhD, PsyD, EdD - Talk therapy
Psychologist
Psychologist - _________ , PsyD, EdD - —
- PhD
- Talk therapy
_________ - MD, DO - not much talk therapy - Prescribes meds
Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists - _________ , DO - not much _________ - Prescribes meds
- MD
- talk therapy